Hydraulic power plant



NW 1937. J. M. NASH 2,' 8,8 6

HYDRAULIC POWER PLANT 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan. 3, 1936 cfm uvMNw/u INVENTOR ATTORNEY Nov. 9, 1937. I J, M NASH 2,098,876

HYDRAULIC POWER PLANT Filed Jan. 3, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 mwwwy WITNESS ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 9, 1937 r UNITED STATS ATET QFFHCE. 7

HYDRAULIC POWER PLANT John M. Nash, Lakeland, Fla.

Appiication January 3, 1936, Serial No. 57,421

1 Claim. (01. 6120) The invention relates to a water wheel and walls I3 accommodating snugly therebetween the more especially to a hydraulic power plant for said cylinders A and B, the latter being located use in water courses. at the lowermost point or bottoms of the chan- The primary object of the invention is the pronels H. This concrete foundation 12 with its Vision of a plant of this character, wherein upstanding vertical walls 13 is disposed crosswise 5 through the service of water wheels operated of a river or water course to lie transversely of from ocean or river tides will develop power to the directional flow of the water. be utilized by communities for generating cur- The cylinders A at opposite ends of the chanrent, driving machinery or for other purposes, the nels H are formed with flared open ends it, the

0 plant being of novel construction so that the walls at the vertical edges next to said ends M water currents will operate the water wheels to being reversely beveled at l5 in conformity with assure maximum power to be derived from said the flared ends M which latter are flush with plant. these edges of said walls.

Another object of the invention is the provi- Longitudinally disposed centrally within the sion of a plant of this character, wherein the said cylinders A and B are wheel shafts I6, these 15 construction of the same is novel to assure smooth being journaled in bearings ll of centering operation and the production of maximum power brackets 18 which are built Within the flared ends acquired from water currents either at high or M of the outer cylinders A. Upon each shaft l6 low tides as Within a river, ocean or water course. are carried the cylinders B, these being built as 20 A further object of the invention is the provibladed water wheels Hi, the blades 20 of these 20 sion of a plant of this character, which is com being angularly disposed and are directed radialparatively simple in construction, thoroughly re- 1y from the hub 2| which is splined or keyed at liable and efiicient in its operation, durable, as- 22 to said shaft. The water wheels 19 each at-its sured of smooth running, and inexpensive to outer periphery thereof is closed by a rim 23 to 5 manufacture and install. which is fastened the ears 24 cut and bent from 25 With these and other objects in View, the inthe outer ends of the said blades. vention consists in the features of construction, Arranged between the water wheels 19 and becombination and arrangement of parts as will be yond the series thereof are guide or directing hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in blades or veins 25, these being set at reverse the accompanying drawings, which disclose the angles to the blades 20 of the wheels I9 and preferred embodiment of the invention and radially extended from the shafts Hi, the said pointed out in the claim hereunto appended. blades 25 being suitably fixed in this position to In the accompanying drawings: the cylinder A and the alternate disposition of Figure 1 is a top plan View of a plant 0011- the cylindersAandBinahorizontal plane within structed in accordance with the invention and the channels H constitute a tide motor or a hy- 35 shown situated crosswise of a water way or course. draulic power plant.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary enlarged sectional Midway of each channel 5 i and created in the view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 looking in proposed faces of the vertical walls !3 are vertical the direction of the arrows. grooves 26 in which are fitted vertical slidable 40 Figure3is avertical longitudinal sectional view gates 21 which when in lowered position close 40 through the plant. the channels I i above the cylinders A and B and Figure 4 is a side elevation of one of the water are operated for high and low tide conditionsof wheels. the body of water when flowing through the Figure 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of channels ll. Each shaft l6 carries a gear 28 Figure 4 looking in the direction of the arrows. meshing with a companion gear 29 on a driven 45 Similar reference characters indicate correshaft 30, this being journaled in a bearing bracket sponding parts throughout the several views in 3! suitably fixed, and through the shaft 30 power the drawings. from the plant can be transferred as will be ap- Referring to the drawings in detail, the plant parent from Figure 3 of the drawings. constituting the present invention comprises Each gate 21 at its top edge has fitted therein 50 series of alternately arranged stationary and an eye 32 for the connection therewith of a lift rotary cylinders A and B, respectively, these being mechanism (not shown). disposed horizontally in parallel relation to each The plant is serviceable in Water channels, other and within water channels H built with a passes or river courses where water is going out concrete foundation l2 and spaced upstanding or coming in so that the Water currents passing 55 7 water courses therein extending throughout the entire thickness of the wall, a series of alternately arranged stationary and rotary cylinders located within said water courses at the bottoms thereof,

' shafts disposed centrally of said cylinders, water wheels fixed to said shafts within said rotary cylinders and including a hub and blades directed radially from the hub'and angularly disposed,

' directing blades fixed within said stationary cylind'ers and radially extending from said shafts and disposed at reverse angles to said first mentioned blades, and gate means disposed within the watercourses for regulating water flow through said cylinders and thewater course above such cylin- 6 ders.

JOHN M; NASH. 

